Questionnaire for transgender youth

Identity and Community Chapter 6: However, their survey responses are represented in the findings about the full LGBT population throughout the survey. And the public is conflicted about how the rising share of gays and lesbians raising children is affecting society. Much of this resistance is rooted in deeply held religious attitudes, such as the belief that engaging in homosexual behavior is a sin. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

Chapter 5 was written by Kiley and Patten.

A Survey of LGBT Americans

Any person close to you who may present shocking information is still the same person at heart. This chapter includes a brief section on online habits and behaviors. They have more mixed views of the Jewish religion and mainline Protestant churches, with fewer than half of LGBT adults describing those religions as unfriendly, one-in-ten describing each of them as friendly and the rest saying they are neutral. A transgender identity is not dependent upon medical procedures. In particular, issues like same-sex marriage may be viewed as less important by this group, and transgender adults appear to be less involved in the LGBT community than are other sub-groups. Unless otherwise noted, all references to whites, blacks and others are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.

Just as a person who is not TG may be gay, straight, or bisexual, so can a TG person. The sample comprised gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and 43 transgender adults. Mar 10 - 3: Publications Topics Interactives Datasets Experts. These are quotes from open-ended questions included in the survey and are meant to personalize the aggregate findings and add richness and nuance. This includes descriptions of the sampling frame, questionnaire development and weighting procedures for the LGBT survey. Pew Research surveys of the general public show that while societal views about homosexuality have shifted dramatically over the past decade, highly religious Americans remain more likely than others to believe that homosexuality should be discouraged rather than accepted by society.